At this point in the battle, the victory or defeat is already obvious.The mobility of the Hui cavalry was their advantage, but the advantage was also relative.Using cavalry to attack the city, out of ignorant arrogance, that is, there is a problem with the brain.Of course, if the Huaxing army in the city was still armed with broadswords and spears, only a regiment of less than 2,000 people would be able to defend the city, and it would not be able to stop a charge of the Huiren cavalry.But times have changed, and in the face of the rain of bullets and bullets of the Huaxing army, the cavalry of the returning army was beaten and had no power to fight back.The war horses neighed and fell one by one in a pool of blood, and the battlefield was bloody, like a Shura hell.Zhang Xian was very satisfied with this result, and if he personally commanded it, it would also be such a result.Ma Diankui is destined to pay the price for his tactical mistakes, he is like a gambler who loses red-eyed at this time, full of unwillingness, and he can't wait to press all the belongings on his body.waved the command flag in his hand again and again, and continued to let his subordinates attack.Speaking of which, if Zhang Xian hadn't happened to find the spies of the Hui people and didn't let the Huaxing Army prepare for defense, maybe Ma Diankui would have really succeeded in sneaking up.30,000 cavalry rushed into the city, and no matter how powerful the guns of the Huaxing army were, there was no place to display them.Where can you calmly change the ammunition, and keep firing guns at the cavalry of the Hui people.The closer the Hui cavalry was to the wall, the greater the resistance they withd.Under the command of Zhang Xian, the Huaxing army constantly crossed fire in the front and rear rows.The dense bullets never stopped, and at a distance of a hundred meters they were even more lethal.The corpses of war horses and cavalry were spread all over the ground outside the city, and the strong smell of blood constantly echoed on the battlefield.When the battle began, there were tens of thousands of horses charging on each wall, but at this time, more than half of them had fallen.These trained war horses also became unusually manic at this time.He struggled desperately, trying to turn the horse's head and run back.The Hui army desperately reined in the horse's head, and no one didn't want the ammunition of the Huaxing army to be exhausted quickly, and rushed into the city to kill it.But it backfired, the gunfire of the walls continued, and the cavalry at the forefront of the charge finally released a round of bows and arrows.But when the rain of arrows fell in front of the wall, all the archers were beaten into a sieve.The battle lasted from morning to noon, after the cavalry of the returning army charged a dozen times.Ma Diankui finally ordered the withdrawal of his troops and hurriedly left the battlefield with the last group of cavalry.It's not that Ma Diankui doesn't want to gamble anymore, but the spies planted at various intersections have already sent news one after another.The Huaxing Army Brigade in Guanzhong had already come to support the county seat of Dingbian, and the vanguard was only less than 30 miles away from the county seat of Dingbian.Ma Diankui was poured a basin of cold water at the moment, and he sobered up instantly.Cold sweat oozed all over his body, he had already missed the fighter plane at this time, and if he didn't leave, he would soon be dumped by Huaxingjun.The people in the city watched closely the military situation outside the city, on the beams of the houses.There were people crawling on the treetops, and the battle was broadcast in real time.As soon as the Hui troops withdrew, the people cheered wildly.Everyone ran around in the city to tell each other, and every household spontaneously organized, not only killing chickens and sheep, but also steaming hot steamed buns, and going up to the city wall to reward the Huaxing army.Zhang Xian also opened the city gate and organized the people to go out of the city to clean up the battlefield with the Huaxing army.The corpses of war horses outside the city were covered with a layer of shells, either killed by shells or killed by bullets.The people happily went out of the city and dug a big pit to bury the corpses of the people.And a cauldron was erected outside the city, and the carcass of the war horse was skinned and the horse meat was stewed.After dark, the other two regiments under Liu Heiwa also came in reinforcements, just in time for a big meal.Ma Diankui returned with the participating cavalry, and the more he thought about it along the way, the more aggrieved he became.Of the more than 30,000 cavalry, less than 10,000 remained when they returned.He never thought that he would lose so badly, he was killed or wounded in more than half of them, and he didn't set foot in Dingbian County.Before the Hui cavalry entered the territory of Yanchi, Ma Diankui decided to take revenge on the Han Chinese.So tens of thousands of cavalry rushed all the way to the southwest, not to provoke the big county seats.As long as you see Han villages along the way, they will all be looted, and then burned to the bottom.At this time, the border area between Ningxia and northern Shaanxi was full of ravines and wasteland, and there were no people for ten miles.But even so, Ma Diankui was so vindictive.Although it had little impact on the overall situation in northern Shaanxi, dozens of Han villages were looted, and thousands of Han people died under the knife of the Hui people.Casualties were reported one after another in various places, and Zhang Xian was half dead.If it weren't for Qiao Zhiqing's forbiddenness to use troops against Ningxia now, he would have been able to lead troops to fight now.In order to guard against the harassment of the Hui army, Zhang Xian also asked the villages around the county towns to temporarily move into the city.It's farming season, and there's not much going on in the village.After the beginning of spring, the Hui people were exterminated, and then they returned to the village.At the same time, strongholds were set up at various important intersections, and as long as the Hui people dared to step into northern Shaanxi, all the intersections would be blocked, so that the Hui people would not return.After a brief confrontation between Dingbian County and the Hui people, Zhang Xian quickly made a report and sent it to Taiyuan and Nanjing, informing Wang Shijie and Qiao Zhiqing that they knew.Qiao Zhiqing was very busy at this time, and within three days, he had a son and two daughters one after another.I don't know if it's easy for a woman who practices martial arts to give birth to sons Zhou Xiuying, Pan Qiaoyu, and Zeng Jiyun, and Zhou Xiuying gave birth to a son, named Qiao Dingbei.Qiao Zhiqing also pinned his ambitions on these children, so the name was not taken according to Qiao Zhiqing's genealogy.Zeng Jiyun and Pan Qiaoyu each gave birth to a daughter, named Qiao Tingguo and Qiao Chengcheng respectively, and also hoped that the two daughters could grow up like their mothers.Heaven seems to be deliberately trying to make up for Qiao Zhiqing to be equal between men and women, and now there are exactly three sons and daughters.Qiao Zhiqing takes turns to accompany the three ladies every day, and when he sleeps at night, he is often woken up by the crying of children.In the past few days, when I was working in the study, I often dozed off sleepily, and I had some dark circles on my face.When Wei Ziyou handed him Zhang Xian's military report, he was lying on the table and snoring lightly.But out of the intuition of a special soldier, as soon as he felt that someone had entered the house, he swished and straightened up."
Brother Qiao, if you want to fall asleep, I'll come back to report to you later, it's not big news."
Wei Ziyou looked at his tired appearance, and felt a little distressed for him."
It's okay, let's talk, what's wrong" Qiao Zhiqing took a breath, got up and applied a towel to his face with some cold water, and forcibly sobered himself up."
Zhang Xian, commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, sent a letter that the cavalry of the Hui Army had invaded Dingbian County in northern Shaanxi last week.The Left Division and Right Brigade of the New 11th Army stationed in Dingbian County resisted with all their might, killing a total of 24,58 Hui cavalrymen, 23,000 horses, and more than 1,000 horses.The Hui resorted to a retaliatory massacre of Han Chinese in northern Shaanxi, sacking 15 villages and killing more than 1,000 Han Chinese. ”Wei Ziyou made a brief report and handed the military report to Qiao Zhiqing."
What else is the news" Qiao Zhiqing asked while looking at the military newspaper, and his face became much darker."
The Jin merchants of Shanxi have reached an agreement to invest in the construction of a railway that runs through the north and south of Shanxi after the beginning of spring.Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant also received its first order for rails and is seizing the time to cast rails.Qiao Yaoguang, director of Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant, wants you to appoint some professional talents as technical consultants. ”Wei Ziyou finished reading another report and handed it to Qiao Zhiqing again."
Is there anything else" Qiao Zhiqing picked up his pen to make a reply, and asked again without raising his head."
And" Wei Ziyou rolled his eyes and asked playfully, "And in another week it will be the Chinese New Year's Eve, should our NSA take a short vacation and have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with your family" "Yes, but someone must stay."
At the same time, we should do a good job in intelligence work, and we should not leak any secrets just because we are happy for the New Year. ”Qiao Zhiqing nodded and glanced at Wei Ziyou with a chuckle to show his agreement."
Great, thank you Brother Joe.Rest assured, when they entered the National Security Bureau, they had already received the most rigorous special training.Know what to say and what not to say. ”Wei Zi was happy, with a childlike smile on his face."
Okay, send these two military newspapers, I've already made a reply, and they know what to do."
Qiao Zhiqing nodded and returned the two military reports in his hand to Wei Ziyou.Regarding the war in Ningxia, Qiao Zhiqing still took active defensive measures, and only waited for the beginning of spring to attack Ningxia.Zhang Xian made it very clear in the letter in the military newspaper that he emphasized the annihilation of tens of thousands of Hui cavalry, just to ask Qiao Zhiqing for battle.But the weather gets colder and snows heavily.Qiao Zhiqing didn't want to cause the Huaxing army to be divided and annihilated because of poor logistics and supply.You must know that the Huaxing army now relies entirely on guns and artillery, and has no experience in actual combat for cold weapons confrontation.If you really run out of bullets on the battlefield, I am afraid that you will be far from being the opponent of the Hui cavalry.He also pinned his hopes on the virus developed by Li Jishi, if it was really put into the battlefield, the casualties of the Huaxing Army would be more likely to be reduced.Regarding the construction of railways in Shanxi, Qiao Zhiqing also specially approved that he would withdraw professional talents as soon as possible.A few days ago, he had already talked to Hong Renji about this matter, and asked him to form teams at all levels in Shanxi as soon as possible and go to Shanxi after the New Year.Cities at all levels in Shanxi are currently under complete military control, which will distract Wang Shijie's energy to a large extent, which is also what Qiao Zhiqing does not want to see.He didn't want those old bureaucrats and old ideas to share the fruits of victory, so he preferred to take a slow step and wait for the young people of Huaxing Academy to graduate, and then distribute them to various places as officials."
Then I'll go first, Brother Joe.If you're tired, lie down on the couch and sleep for a while, and take care of yourself when things are done. ”Wei Ziyou took the military newspaper and said a sentence full of relation, and his expression was the same as Qiao Zhiqing's wife."
Alright, hurry up and get going."
Qiao Zhiqing chuckled and waved his hand at this little girl, he didn't think that this girl could say such intimate words after laughing heartlessly all day long."
It's the President."
Wei Ziyou playfully saluted, and walked out of the study with a smile on his face.Qiao Zhiqing got up and stretched, and was about to lie on the couch for a while, when there were soldiers outside the door to spread the word, and Li Jishi, the dean of Nanjing Medical College, asked to see him outside the door
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